I am also researching Canfield family and found a whole branch of "my"
Canfields went South during the Revolution. It may be because of their
faith -- that it didn't allow fighting, etc. But my branch begins with
Matthew Camfield (wife Sara Treat) 1640 in New Haven, CT. There was also
another complete line of Canfields: a Thomas Camfield (m. Phoebe Crane) who
also landed in New Haven, CT about 1647. Both these men had 8+ children and
they had 8 children, and most these were named in the fashion of the day and
migrated along with the events of the day, so you get the picture -- it is
hard, but not impossible, to keep these lines separated. (This does not
preclude a few other Canfield men who came to America 1700's and later.)
Anyway, the best source I have seen today is the Rose Canfield Collection
(aka Canfield Collection) films that I found via the LDS (Mormon) Family
History Centers. A Dr. Samuel Canfield either did the research or made a
friend's work available (not sure) to be filmed. It tracks every
Camfield/Canfield descendant of these two men. I've been working on the
Canfield line for a couple of years now and find this work to be about 95%
accurate. That is high in the world of documented families.
In the Rose Canfield Collection everything - all the names of all the
descendants down through 10 generations are alphabetized by first name, and
(if known) shows parents, wives and children's names, the generation they
represent, and they last known place they were known to be. Clearly an
excellent tool when searching for Canfield ancestors. It takes a lot of
serious study to follow who-begat-who and their children, etc., so I copied
these pages for my own use. I only copied the Matthew line (200 pages). I
looked up your CHARLES ISSAC and did not find that exact name, however, and
as I suspected, there were literally about 4 pages only on the "Charles"
name - most without middle initials or names given. I am sure many of these
are from the South - because there was a large represenation of Canfields
down there. I suggest you get this film and see how it works for you. It
is fascinating to see all the places this clan migrated to and where they
were in the scheme of history. Good luck. Sandy Childs in Sunny
(temporarily), Calif.
----- Original Message -----
From: <KCANDME103(a)aol.com>
To: <CANFIELD-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 12:43 PM
Subject: [CANFIELD] Charles Isaac Canfield in Washington, DC
Looking for information on a Charles Isaac Canfield who was a printer
in
Washington, DC and listed as married with several children in the 1850 DC
Census. He is buried in Congressional Cemetery. My great grandfather was
also a printer and living in this household in this particular census and
was
22. He was Thomas Joseph Mattingly born in Moorefield, WVA. Has
anyone
heard of any Canfield's in the VA/WVA area in the 1800's?
Would anyone have any information on this fellow?
Thanks so very much.
Elizabeth Culhane
Fairport, New York
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